BSc Data Science & Society admissions requirements

Great that you have decided to apply for the BSc Data Science and Society!

There are three main requirements:

Secondary School Diploma
English Requirement
Mathematics Requirement

More information about these requirements is shown below. In case you have any remaining questions, please contact the central Admissions Office or get in touch with the CF team via cf-dss rug.nl or +31 (0)6 15 54 84 41.

For a step-by-step guide on uploading your docuemnts, please watch the tutorial video below.

Step-by-step: uploading documents

1. Secondary School Diploma

You are required to have obtained a secondary school diploma which allows entry to an academic university. Therefore, you need to obtain a Dutch VWO diploma or international equivalent before gaining entry to the programme. It is also possible to apply with a Dutch HBO (University of Applied Sciences) propedeuse or a colloquium doctum.

Check the international equivalents to VWO here!

If your qualification is not listed on the page, please know that you can still apply, as all applications are assessed on an individual basis.

2. English requirements

As the Data Science and Society programme is fully taught and assessed in English, students are required to demonstrate their English skills by sitting an approved English test.

You are exempted from proving your English proficiency if you...

Have completed your entire secondary education in one of these countries: USA, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada (English speaking provinces/territories), Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Have passed the English course on your VWO diploma

Have obtained a Dutch HBO Propaedeutic diploma taught and assessed in English

Have scored a minimum final grade of 10 for the English course at Leistungskurs (LK) / erhörtere Anforderingsniveau (eA) for the German Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife

Have obtained an International Baccalaureate diploma, with English as the medium of instruction

Have obtained an European Baccalaureate diploma from a European School or one of the Accredited European Schools and have (completed) English as final exam subject as L1 or L2

Have obtained at least 3 GCE(A) level certificates from one of the recognized British examination boards

Have obtained the French Option Internationale du Baccalaur éat (OIB) section Britannique / Anglais

Have obtained the South African National Senior certificate with IEB Advanced Programme certificate in English with 55% or more

Have obtained the Singapore/Cambridge A-levels in at least 3 H2 and 1 H1 content* courses (of which at least 1 course in a contrasting discipline) together with either the course General Paper or Knowledge and Inquiry (5 courses in total)

If you do not fall under one of these exemptions, you are required to complete an English language test. The accepted tests and minimum scores are as follows:

TOEFL iBT: 90 overall, min. 18 on section scores (TOEFL MyBest Scores are not considered)
IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall, min. 6.0 on section scores (IELTS Online certificates not accepted)
Cambridge C1/CAE or C2/CPE Certificate with grade A, B or C

Please bear in mind that TOEFL and IELTS test are valid for 2 years.

In case you haven't taken one of our accepted English tests yet, or think this is not necessary for you, then please indicate this with your online application. In case it is required for you to take a test, you will be informed about this by the Admissions Office.

3. Mathematics Requirements

Due to the content of some courses, DSS has a mathematics requirement. Students are required to have Mathematics proficiency in VWO Wiskunde A or B or an international equivalent.

Qualification	Required level
Dutch VWO	Wiskunde A or B (VWO Diploma)
USA	AP Statistics or AP Calculus AB or AP Calculus BC In all cases grade 3-5
UK	GCE A2-level in Mathematics and/or Further Mathematics
International Baccalaureate	Mathematics: Applications & Interpretation SL or HL or Mathematics: Analysis & Approaches SL or HL with a passing grade
European Baccalaureate	Mathematics 3 periods or Mathematics 5 periods passing grade

If you did not obtain one of the above-mentioned qualifications, then you are asked to provide us with a Mathematics course description with your online application. Requirements for the Mathematics course description can be found under Campus Fryslân - Criteria applying to course descriptions.

If your mathematics level is deemed insufficient, you will be required to obtain one of the accepted Mathematics proficiency certificates. CF accepts the following certificates:

Accepted Mathematics certificates
Dutch VWO Mathematics (Wiskunde) A, B, or C certificate with a passing grade (obtained at either CCVX or Boswell-Bèta)
Online Mathematic Placement Test A or B (OMPT-A or OMPT-B) (Obtained via Sowiso, maximum of two attempts allowed) with a minimum average score of 60%, subsections scores of 0% are not accepted.
College Board AP Examination (AP Statistics or AP Calculus AB or AP Calculus BC: in all cases grade 3-5)
GCE (A) or GCE (AS) level certificate in Mathematics with a passing grade

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31 October 2024 11.23 a.m.